Also.Also.Also: Halsey Is Gonna Have a Baby Halsey!!
How tarot cards and queer love are inspiring couture fashion, notes on nonbinary Blackness, poems for the new year, and the pandemic is erasing entire categories of friendship.
Pop Culture Fix: Well and Here’s Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana
Ruby Rose will replace Elliot Page in the gamer comedy 1Up, Demi Lovato’s new NBC comedy, Jo Ellen Pellman says Kate McKinnon is her role model, Coronation Street’s Lucy Fallon and Doctor Who’s Peal Mackie star in a new lesbian thriller, and more!
Also.Also.Also: Elliot Page Is Getting Divorced, Another Day in the Books for Love Being a Lie
Yes, some thoughts about Elliot Page’s divorce. And also: Black Sign Language, Andra Day on Billie Holiday (we can’t wait for the movie next month!), and breaking up with white supremacy for good.
Pop Culture Fix: “Batwoman” and “Queen Sugar” Preview Their #BlackLivesMatter Storylines
Lily Singh explores her impact on the internet, the trailer for Black Lightning season four, the highest paid queer celebs, JoJo Siwa is happier than she’s ever been, and more!
Also.Also.Also: I’m Out of Puns, but This Year We’re Getting the Therapy We Need
Also, trans men on competing in school sports, those Helen Keller conspiracy theories are ableist, even more love for Amanda Gorman, and yes — helping you afford the therapy you need.
Pop Culture Fix: Jules’ Special Episode of “Euphoria” Is Landing Early!
Buffy turns 40, will Ginger Gonzaga play Hellcat in the new She-Hulk?, how LGBTQ+ rep will change under Biden’s presidency, why everyone is singing sea chanties, and more!
Also.Also.Also: Trace Lysette Is the Mommi of Your Dreams in Her First Music Video, “SMB”
Dr. Rachel Levine makes trans history, vaccine analysis that is actually helpful, and is anything as powerful as “Gossip Girl” was in 2008? Plus, the healing power of queer friendships in a personal essay you don’t want to miss.
The Civil Rights Movement, Black Lives Matter, and the Ferocious Possibilities of Black Liberation in Our Darkest Hour
It feels impossible not to see this Martin Luther King Day as one of grief and mourning. But Dr. King’s soft words were never going to save us. Look to his playbook instead.
Pop Culture Fix: Batwoman Batwoman Batwoman Batwoman Batwoman
You gotta read this Tessa Thompson profile by Roxane Gay, Star Trek and Corrie stars come out, celebrating Derry Girls’ wee lesbian, and more!
How 2021 (and the Biden/Harris Administration) Could Mark a Turning Point for Reproductive Rights
As early as this month, the US could turn over a new leaf for reproductive rights with the inauguration of the Biden-Harris administration, following a Trump era defined by an unprecedented surge in political attacks on the state and federal level.
Extra! Extra!: Untangling the Staggeringly Long List of Culpable Parties for the Insurrection
So much has happened, and in many ways it feels impossible for me to not look at everything through the lens of the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol. This is just one of those times where it’s as much as I can do to look at all the many ways America is, quite simply, falling apart right now. So this week’s Extra! Extra! is pretty much limited to American news: several angles of breaking down everything that’s horrifying about the insurrection, the Trump administration’s parting shots and how COVID continues to rage amid American incompetence.
Also.Also.Also: Will Some Brave Soul *Please* Publish Lizzo’s “Sci-Fi Fantasy Romance” Novel?
Also: here’s some legit great queer newsletters for your inbox, honoring Monica Roberts and Margot St. James, post-impeachment burn out, meet the most serious astrologer on TikTok, and more.
Pop Culture Fix: Bette and Tina are Back at it in “The L Word: Generation Q” Season 2 Table Read
Miss Honey is the original cottagecore lesbian, Batwoman Batwoman Batwoman, queer people deserve mediocre movies too, and — surprise! — Netflix realizes it needs more Latinx shows.
Also.Also.Also: Nothing Makes Hunter Schafer Squeak With Happiness Like Seeing Other Queer Trans Lesbians
Also, Tracy Chapman got PAID, vintage vapid fluff starring Tallulah Bankhead, Aretha Franklin’s queer sister, and celebrating Mary J Blige’s 50th birthday in style.
Pop Culture Fix: Unparalleled Queen Latifah Kicks So Much Ass in “Equalizer”
Hunter Harris in GQ, Javicia Leslie in the Los Angeles Times, Lily Singh in the New York Times, and more!
Also.Also.Also: White Supremacist Violence and Insurrection
I absolutely could not bring myself to do our “traditional” twice-a-week link roundup. Instead, today we are going to talk about white power and white supremacy.
The Quiet Parts Get Louder and Louder
The insurrection in DC on January and making sense of this chapter of the story of power in the US.
Disasters as Experiences of Care: How to Pack a Go Bag, Give Mutual Aid in Crisis, and Rethink Queer Preparedness
When I was a teenager, my parents prepped for the y2k crisis. Now I’m trying to understand what queer preparedness looks like in an uncertain time.
Pop Culture Fix: “Impulse” Star Maddie Hasson Casually Comes Out as Bisexual on Instagram
Plus also: The WNBA’s role in saving democracy, a new Batwoman poster, the queer legacy of Sabrina, and more!
Also.Also.Also: Remember When Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt Went Joyriding on a Jet Plane?
Vintage Vapid Fluff: Never forget that Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt skipped the White House for a lil date night in the skies! Also, Roxane Gay on the New Year, engaged soccer stars, the best vibrators of 2021, and why we love squishy dogs and cats the most.